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Readers Share ADHD Dilemmas

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Jeffrey Zaslow Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Feb. 17, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

Mia Perna of Washington, D.C., has four children who were diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. They're all creative, exuberant and intuitive, she says, but they struggle to stay focused, and to ratchet down their energy when society demands it. Ritalin and other ADHD drugs have helped.

Naturally, Ms. Perna was interested in my recent column titled "What if Einstein Had Taken Ritalin?" The piece explained researchers' concerns that ADHD drugs may be stifling the creativity inherent in the...